Sad News out of Englang where Book spend by public libraries in the UK fell again in 2006/07 and the pace of decline is accelerating.
The library service spent £77.8m on books in 2006/07, equivalent to just 8.7% of its overall budget. According to the LISU Public Libraries Materials Fund and Budget Survey 2006-08, backed by Nielsen BookData and due out in October, the fall marks a decline of 0.6% from the £78.2m spent in the previous year and is expected to double again to 1.2% in 2007/08.
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